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, F. J. HEKRDLE TABLE FiledsApril 1, 1925 2 Sh eets-Sheet 2 provement infolded position.

Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

FRANK" J; nnnnapr n; or: DAV DSON; SASKATCHEWAN}; CANADA;

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katehewan and; Dominion of Ganada have inNengt-ednew andusefulImprovements in Tables,- ofwhich the following. is a; speoifi-vcation. The obj eetof this {invention ;is :to p iOVIde a leggsupportrfortablesof suohcon-stmaetion that the sameejmayw-be folded beneath thetable gtopiwhen not required 1 for supporting the; table; and 2 whereby;the: said tablepresents aismalltand compact package for stor age-ors'forsliiplnentr A:,furtheryobject-is to arrange-on. the un der face of atable parallel flangesea cl1-;p. 0=-

vided with slotted guide; 5 and between these guides there is arranged apair of ba-rs,, one; of said -barshavingfivheels :orv rollers on the:ends thereof: that are received; in the gu-ides-,; and both :of. thebars shaving. ghinged ly connected :thereto, crossed legs ewhich iarepi-votally-i associatech and which have 5 ar'- ranged :therebet-ween'brea-kableabraee (mean and J othe-nnon-breakable braces, the con-,1,struct-ion being such :that the, legs when-folds; ed togethermayzbegmoved;with-the bans --b.e-. neath the ;table, -.and-the bar not-1provided, with, the wheels, ;or---.rollers sraised 1 above the guides,so;- thatthe legs vmay befoldedgagainsn each other beneathgthe, tabletop; and further wherein the breakable brace means 31136 3111.-tomatically brought into operative position when the bars and legs aremoved to arrange the said le'gs;ingtableggsupppnting position.

A still further object is to provide a table top .with foldable legsupports, in which the said legs are hingedly connected to bars that aremovable on tracks between guideways on the bottom ofthe table, the railsof the track having their ends upset and rounded to limit the slidingmovement of the bars when the legs are in folded or in table supportingpositions, and to effect in holding the said legs'in either of suchpositions.

The improvement consists in other objects and details of constructionwhich willbe fully set forth in the following description, illustratedby the accompanying drawings and pointed out with particularity in theappended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the im- 4provideitheg-rails ofna track. V

The; numerals 6 and 7 designate rods which. are round ;in.cross-section. Each ofl ligl n'e-gis sectionalm'iew on the; line;

2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3iis-a sectional-view on the line I Figure-4is.,a;perspectiveview"of the support in set-11p position.

'Fgignre 5 is, a; sectional viewon, the: line Figure gti is, aperspective view totilliistrate adj-nstable leg g-sections which may1beem ployed.

Eigure 'T is ta fragmentary; perspective .viewtof one rofi theleggmembers to the-eye carrying bracket ,thereon.

1 improvement, may be -.emp loye d, wi thi;

illustrate) equal success on either round top; square or. rectangular:tables; each instance the;

table; on its under, face, is provided with 1 pairo f-spaced flanges-1.the inner? vface of each "flan-ge thereis a channeled membei; 2 thatprovides aiguide TheQouter: facesof';

each of the channeled members is formed;

with, acentral openingg3.

At a: suitable distance inward of the, guides 2'there aresecuRcdmetaLplates ehre:' spectivelyi Each! of I these, plates is oflength; approximately" equalling that; of the; guidesfl; and. ,each ofthe said plates has its, The plates end; upsetsandt rounded, as at 5:

the-rodsisof a length equalling the distance bet weenthengui-des 2,butfthe rod '7 has anranged: on vitsends preferably removable stubfshafts 8 onwhichlthere are journaled' wheels or rollers 9. The stubshafts pass through the openings 3 in the guides, and

the wheels or rollers travel in the said guides.

Each of the cross sectionally rounded bars is provided with continuousgrooves or depressions 10, and the inner surfaces provided by the saiddepressions are arranged onthe rails 4, the depressions being of alength corresponding to the width the rails.

Outward of the depressions 10 each of the bars 6 and 7 is preferablyformed with additional depressions in which there are 2 neeaeee the bar6 are arranged to cross the legs on the bar 7. On the legs 12 there aresecured angle brackets 13 each of which having one end formed with aneye 14. The eyes on the cross .legs are designed to align and to receivetherethrough the ends of a rod 15. Passing through the ends of the rod15 and contacting with the eyes 14: there are cotter pins. Preferablythere is a washer or wear plate on the rod between the cooperating eyes14: of the brackets 13.

Between the cooperating pairs of crossed legs 12 there are pivotallysecured links 16 which have their confronting ends pivotally eonnected,as at 17, and one of the links at its said pivoted end is formed with alip 18 to engage the second link when the links are arranged inparallelism. Also between one or both pair of the opposed legs 12 there20 are cross braces 19.

If desired, the legs may be made up of adjustable sections as disclosedin Figure 6 of the drawings. In this instance the inner leg sectioncarries'guides 20 for the outer leg section 21. The outer leg section ispro vided with an elongated slot 22 through which passes a bolt member23 carried by the inner leg section.- This bolt is engaged by a wingednut 2a which contacts with a washer 25 arranged over the slot or opening22.

In Figure 1 of the drawings, the legs are in folded position. The legsare drawn outwardly in the direction of the arrow A in 3 5 Figure 1. Itshould have been stated that the bar 6 overlies the bar 7 when thedevice is folded. The outward drawing of the legs will cause the bar 7to engage with the rounded ends of the rails l, limiting the movement ofthe legs and bars in one direction. The bar 7 is held against the stops5, and the bar 6 is then moved on the rails to bring the same to engagewith the opposite stops 5 on the said rails. This spreads the legstoarrange the same in set-up position,

as illustrated in Figure 1-. The spreading of the legs automaticallyswings the brace links 16 into inter-locking engagement, so that thetable is strongly and efliectively supported. The parts are moved in anopposite direction to that just described in folding the legs beneaththe table top, it being understood that the bar 6 simply travels betweenthe guides and can be raised over the said guides to rest on the bar 7when the legs are folded.

It is believed that the foregoing description, when read on the drawingswill fully disclose my construction and its advantages, but it is to beunderstood that I am entitled to such changes therefrom as fairly fallwithin the scope of what I claim. g

It is, of course, obvious that one pair of legs may be of a less lengththan the other. This construction is especially desirable when the tabletop is employed for drafting or like purposes where a slanting top is required. The rounded ends of the plates 4 are comparatively long, as bysuch arrangement the table may be lifted by grasping the top thereof. I

Having described the claim A table top having depending flanges providedwith channeled guides, a pair of bars having their ends contacting theguides, trunnions on the ends of one of the bars received in the guides,wheels journaled on said trunnions, legs arranged in crossed pairshingedly associated with the respective bars, means pivotally connectingthe respective pairs of crossed legs, rails on which the crossed barstravel when the legs are in set-up or are in folded position, and saidrails having upset ends limiting the movement of the bars on the railsin both di rections.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRANK J. HEKRDLE;

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